Journalist Siddique Kappan Denied Bail By Allahabad High Court
NDTV
Journalist Siddique Kappan was charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the Hathras conspiracy case.
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday rejected the bail application of journalist Siddique Kappan who was booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in Hathras conspiracy case. A single bench of Justice Krishan Pahal passed the rejection order on Thursday.
Prior to this, the bench had reserved its order on August 2 after conclusion of arguments by the counsels of the accused and the state.
A Mathura court had rejected Siddique Kappan's bail plea after which he had approached the High Court.
Siddique Kappan, a reporter for Malayalam news portal Azhimukham and secretary of the Delhi unit of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), was arrested along with three others in Uttar Pradesh in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras to report on the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman.
